diff --git a/MLEM/Content/RawContentManager.cs b/MLEM/Content/RawContentManager.cs
index 2255d8d..820779c 100644
--- a/MLEM/Content/RawContentManager.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Content/RawContentManager.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Content {
                 if (!file.Exists)
                     continue;
                 using (var stream = file.OpenRead()) {
-                    var read = reader.Read(this, assetName, stream, existing);
+                    var read = reader.Read(this, assetName, stream, typeof(T), existing);
                     if (!(read is T t))
                         throw new ContentLoadException($"{reader} returned non-{typeof(T)} for asset {assetName}");
                     this.LoadedAssets[assetName] = t;
diff --git a/MLEM/Content/RawContentReader.cs b/MLEM/Content/RawContentReader.cs
index 82e31aa..1aa1d33 100644
--- a/MLEM/Content/RawContentReader.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Content/RawContentReader.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Content {
 
         public abstract bool CanRead(Type t);
 
-        public abstract object Read(RawContentManager manager, string assetPath, Stream stream, object existing);
+        public abstract object Read(RawContentManager manager, string assetPath, Stream stream, Type t, object existing);
 
         public abstract string[] GetFileExtensions();
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Content {
             return typeof(T).IsAssignableFrom(t);
         }
 
-        public override object Read(RawContentManager manager, string assetPath, Stream stream, object existing) {
+        public override object Read(RawContentManager manager, string assetPath, Stream stream, Type t, object existing) {
             return this.Read(manager, assetPath, stream, (T) existing);
         }
 
diff --git a/MLEM/Content/SoundEffectReader.cs b/MLEM/Content/SoundEffectReader.cs
index a5ca9d2..26411f6 100644
--- a/MLEM/Content/SoundEffectReader.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Content/SoundEffectReader.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio;
 
diff --git a/MLEM/Content/XmlReader.cs b/MLEM/Content/XmlReader.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28b6833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MLEM/Content/XmlReader.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace MLEM.Content {
+    public class XmlReader : RawContentReader {
+
+        public override bool CanRead(Type t) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public override object Read(RawContentManager manager, string assetPath, Stream stream, Type t, object existing) {
+            return new XmlSerializer(t).Deserialize(stream);
+        }
+
+        public override string[] GetFileExtensions() {
+            return new[] {"xml"};
+        }
+
+    }
+}
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